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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO<br/>
<span class=large>TIMOTHY</span>
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CHAPTER 3
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Qualifications set forth for bishops and deacons—Great is the mystery of godliness.
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This</span> <i>is</i> a true <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Tim. 1: 15.">saying</a>, If a man desire the office of a <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/1b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Bishop.">bishop</a>, he desireth a good work.
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A bishop then must be <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Qualifying for.">blameless</a>, the husband of one wife, vigilant, <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/2b" mark="b" type="R" title="GR temperate, circumspect; TG Levity.">sober</a>, of good behaviour, given to <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/2c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Hospitality.">hospitality</a>, apt to <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/3/2d" mark="d" type="A" title="2 Tim. 2: 24.">teach</a>;
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Not given to <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Drunkenness; TG Word of Wisdom.">wine</a>, no <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/3b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR bully, violent person.">striker</a>, not greedy of <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/3c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Filthiness.">filthy</a> lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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One that <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Marriage, Husbands.">ruleth</a> well his own <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Marriage, Fatherhood.">house</a>, having his <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/4c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Family, Children, Responsibilities toward; TG Family, Patriarchal.">children</a> in subjection with all gravity;
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(For if a man know not how to <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/5a" mark="a" type="C" title="Esth. 1: 22; D&C 93: 43 (41-43, 50); TG Family, Love within.">rule</a> his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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Not a <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR recent convert.">novice</a>, lest being lifted up with <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/6b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Pride.">pride</a> he fall into the <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Pet. 2: 4.">condemnation</a> of the devil.
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Moreover he must have a good <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 6: 3; Acts 22: 12.">report</a> of them which are <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/7b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR outside the faith.">without</a>; lest he fall into reproach and the <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/7c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Bondage, Spiritual.">snare</a> of the devil.
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Likewise <i>must</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Deacons.">deacons</a> <i>be</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/8b" mark="b" type="R" title="GR honorable, dignified; TG Levity.">grave</a>, not <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/8c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR deceitful.">doubletongued</a>, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Conscience.">conscience</a>.
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And let these also first be <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/10a" mark="a" type="C" title="1 Tim. 5: 22; TG Test, Try, Prove.">proved</a>; then let them use the office of a deacon, being <i>found</i> blameless.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR Women in like manner.">Even</a> so <i>must their</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Marriage, Wives.">wives</a> <i>be</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/11c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR honorable, dignified.">grave</a>, not <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/3/11d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Slander.">slanderers</a>, <sup>e</sup><a href="1_tim/3/11e" mark="e" type="P" title="GR temperate, vigilant, circumspect.">sober</a>, <sup>f</sup><a href="1_tim/3/11f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Trustworthiness.">faithful</a> in all things.
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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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For they that have used the office of a deacon well <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/13a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR earn, acquire for themselves good standing rank.">purchase</a> to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
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<sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/15a" mark="a" type="L" title="JST 1 Tim. 3: 15-16 (Appendix); Note the change, emphasizing that the ‘pillar and ground of the truth’ is Jesus Christ.">But</a> if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Church.">church</a> of the living God, the pillar and <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/15c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR foundation.">ground</a> of the <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/3/15d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Truth.">truth</a>.
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And without controversy great is the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/3/16a" mark="a" type="C" title="D&C 19: 10; TG Mysteries of Godliness.">mystery</a> of godliness: <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/3/16b" mark="b" type="C" title="Ps. 1: 3 (2-3); John 10: 33 (30-33); Mosiah 1: 7; Mosiah 15: 1 (1-5); TG Jesus Christ, Jehovah.">God</a> was <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/3/16c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG God, Manifestations of.">manifest</a> in the <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/3/16d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Condescension of.">flesh</a>, <sup>e</sup><a href="1_tim/3/16e" mark="e" type="P" title="GR approved by the.">justified</a> in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, <sup>f</sup><a href="1_tim/3/16f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Ascension of.">received</a> up into glory.
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